Foretelling a major meltdown

Binghamton University geologist Tim Lowenstein was a guest on "The Energy Report with Susan McGinnis," which is aired live on Clean Skies Web TV, to discuss his discovery of a rare mineral that can be used to track ancient climates.

Program coverage: Researchers believe a rare mineral can give valuable information about climate change. Researchers at Binghamton University in New York found that what's called nah-colite, a mineral that's yellowish green or brown, forms only under environmental conditions marked by very high atmospheric CO2 levels. They say it can be used as a marker and benchmark for studying CO2 levels in our atmosphere today. What they found was that warming of the earth about 65 million years ago was concurrent with CO2 levels of at least 1125 ppm. That's three times the current levels, and pretty near where we can expect them to head in the next 100 years under current projections of fossil fuel burning. Tim Lowenstein, geologist at Binghamton University, helped make this determination.

The Energy Report with Susan McGinnis provides a wrap-up of the important stories that matter in energy and environmental news.

To watch a podcast of the interview, visit Clean Skies TV at http://www.cleanskies.tv/

Click on Energy Report with Susan McGinnis under the Programming tab. The Lowenstein interview is located toward the end of the 12/3 coverage.

CleanSkies.tv is an online network focused exclusively on news and information related to energy and the environment.

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• global warming
• geology
• climate change
• Binghamton
• Binghamton University
• SUNY Binghamton
• climatologists
• Tim Lowenstein

[Masonictoaster9]

Will we adapt....not as good as they think...not at all.